Responding to the text (The Pilgrimage, by Paul Goetze).

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Drama Coursework Section A01 - Responding to the text (The Pilgrimage, by Paul Goetze) The first thing that we did on receiving the text was to read through it in large group, in which we randomly assigned the parts of the characters to members of the group. We did this to get a feel for the play, and for the themes that are most important and concurrent within the play. We felt that it was important for each member of our group to have a substantial understanding of the emotions of each of the characters in the play, so that they would be able to locate the drama in the scene in relation to the relationships between the characters and their varying statuses.The play focuses on how religion indoctrinates people, until they cannot recognise what they know to be right through what they have been
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made to believe by their society. It also shows how the power of this indoctrination is concentrated as it is passed from generation to generation. The form of prejudice that Goetze most clearly parodies in the play is racism. He does this at times to comic effect (often voiced by Sylvian), but the beliefs of the family members tear them apart, and Goetze depicts the way in which people's foolish prejudices can ruin their lives. He does this by showing the contrast between the life that the family had before the appearance of the goat-herders, and the life that they ...

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